A fresh resurfacing of the state scenic highway from the Sandwich border to the Yarmouth line, save for about a mile of town-owned pavement in the village center, will also see the addition of 25 trees.

Gov. Deval Patrick, state Sen. Rob O’Leary, and the two state reps from the area, Demetrius Atsalis of Hyannis and Jeff Perry of Sandwich, announced March 24 that the $3.7-million project has been advertised for bids as a “shovel-ready” effort qualified for federal stimulus funds.

The Old King’s Highway runs through the precincts represented by town councilors Ann Canedy and Hank Farnham. Both serve on the Route 6A Committee, a group of town, county, and state officials, civic organizations, and a representative from the NStar utility.

“We’re very happy,” Canedy said. “Unfortunately, sidewalks will not be part of that project, but we’re still working on that and hope to have something good to say about that in the near future.”

Canedy said the town wants to see the sidewalks improved eventually, but not in such a way that their simple, “meandering” quality is sacrificed. “We’re trying to find a happy solution,” she said.

The state has already done preliminary drainage improvements, the councilor noted, especially at Cindy Lane, which she said had “a terrible drainage issue.” There’s now a small section of granite curbing under the railroad bridge that creates an elevated sidewalk for safety reasons, she said, “but there’ll be no granite curbing anywhere else.”

Canedy said the committee was invited to help select the trees the state will plant. There will be 15 Valley Forge elms, known for their resistance to Dutch Elm disease, and 10 Green Vase Japanese Zelkovas.

The committee, which meets next on March 31 at 6 p.m. in the Cape Cod Commission conference room across from the post office in Barnstable Village, is seeking grant funds to do an inventory of trees on the road, concentrating on those Canedy described as “diseased or dangerously placed.”